Where does “interfluvial” come from?
interfluvial (English) comes from English fluvial, from Latin fluvialis, from Latin fluvius, from Latin fluere, from Latin fluo, from Proto-Italic flowō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlewH-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
interfluvial (English): Between rivers or streams
Definitions
- Between rivers or streams
Ancestry of “interfluvial”, step by step
interfluvial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluvial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluvial | Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the... |
| 2 | Latin | fluvialis | fluvial |
| 3 | Latin | fluvius | river, stream |
| 4 | Latin | fluere | present active infinitive of fluō; flow; to flow |
| 5 | Latin | fluo | I flow, stream, pour; I am soaked in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flowō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlewH- | to overflow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English inter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inter | To bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison |
| 2 | Middle English | enteren | — |
| 3 | French | entrer | to enter |
| 4 | Middle French | entrer | to enter |
| 5 | Old French | entrer | to enter |
| 6 | Latin | intrō | to enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate |
| 7 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 8 | Latin | interus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |